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The Jones Act offshore wind farm service operation vessel (SOV) that Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) is building to operate on long term charter to Ørsted and Eversource will be classed by ABS. The SOV will be engineered, constructed and operated by ECO to service the planned Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind, and Sunrise Wind offshore… Read More
Jeanerette, La., headquartered shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected to develop and implement the Long Range Unmanned Surface Vessel (LRUSV) System for the United States Marine Corps. The LRUSV System will deploy a network of unmanned vessels traveling autonomously for extended ranges and transporting loitering munitions to address targets at sea and on land. This… Read More
JMS Naval Architects designed a 500-ton lift capacity floating dry dock for Biblia, Inc., Marine Towing and Transportation of Savannah, GA. Biblia competitively awarded construction of the dry dock to Conrad Shipyard of Morgan City, Louisiana where it is currently under construction. Biblia owns and operates a fleet of tugs and barges, providing marine transportation,… Read More
WEDA Journal of Dredging (Vol 19 No 1) Source: westerndredging
Port Angeles, Wash.-based Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA) has been contracted by Northrop Grumman to build a catamaran survey-research vessel, slated for fall 2021 completion. The 44- by 16-foot vessel is Brix’s third IPS-drive catamaran; the first two were 4216-CTC models, both delivered in 2019, one to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the… Read More
On 16th December, The Great Lakes Towing Company named two new tugs, the Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, at the Cleveland, Ohio, facility of its sister company Great Lakes Shipyard. The new tugs are the fourth and fifth vessels in a series of ten Damen Stan Tug 1907 ICE harbour tugs that Great Lakes Shipyard is building… Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) today authorized the construction of two additional National Security Multi-Mission Vessels (NSMV). The two ships, funding for which was approved in the massive omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month, will replace aging training vessels at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, and Texas A&M Maritime… Read More
The robo-vessel will map the ocean floor, and its solar-powered sensors will sample fish DNA and collect climate data. If you happen to be crossing the San Francisco Bay or Golden Gate bridges this week, look for a massive surfboard with a red sail on top cruising slowly across the water. Don’t flinch if you… Read More
Congress paid for a second new heavy icebreaker among its year-end spending flurry and also helped Nome move one step closer to having a place to moor it. Inside the federal budget portion omnibus spending package that also included the second round of COVID-19 aid money and Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s energy reform bill is $555… Read More
A Bellingham manufacturer has landed a contract to build a research vessel for a Puerto Rico organization. All American Marine announced in a news release that it recently secured a contract to build the 73-foot vessel for Blue Tide Puerto Rico Inc. The nonprofit organization supports marine-related specialized jobs by providing technical skills training, capacity… Read More
Q-LNG Transport and Shell Trading (US) Company report that the first offshore liquified natural gas bunkering articulated tug and barge in the United States, the Q-LNG 4000 is now ready for operations. This follows successful completion of sea and gas trials (see earlier story). Designed to provide ship-to-ship transfers of LNG to vessels utilizing LNG… Read More
With the Coast Guard’s Polar Security Cutter (PSC) rapidly progressing through the detailed design phase, shipbuilder Halter Marine is actively preparing for its construction. In July 2021, Halter Marine will complete upgrades to the launch way area where the PSC will be constructed. The 460-foot icebreaker is the heaviest vessel per foot of length that… Read More
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) is supporting Rockland, Maine, headquartered O’Hara Corporation as it modernizes its 204-foot factory trawler, Alaska Spirit. The vessel has been fishing Alaska’s Bering Sea since 1989 when it was converted from an offshore supply vessel, originally delivered in 1974, to a head and gut factory trawler. O’Hara has committed to… Read More
Caterpillar Marine will supply marine engines for the US Navy’s new fleet of six YT 808-class tugs. Built by Dakota Creek Industries, the first tug was launched in October after completing the last construction phase. Measuring 90 ft. long and 38 ft., 3 in. wide, the YT 808 vessel is powered by twin Cat 3512E… Read More
Why scoop when you can vacuum? The Port of Virginia is continuing its quest to become the deepest port on the East Coast, with the help of a mud-and-sand-suctioning dredge on the Chesapeake Bay. The Magdalen — named after the grandmother of the dredging company’s owner — is a 356-foot vessel known in the business… Read More